Rospotrebnadzor: Since the first HIV infection was registered in 1987, 318 thousand Russians have died from the virus
Since 1987, when the first case of HIV infection was detected in Russia , 318 thousand Russians have died from the consequences of the virus, Rospotrebnadzor reports. In 2018, 36.8 thousand people died from the virus, the department reported. The main cause of death among HIV-infected people is tuberculosis. Rospotrebnadzor reported that at the end of 2018, more than 1 million citizens with HIV were registered in Russia, with only 87.7 thousand new cases recorded last year.